Singin in the Rain (1952)

4.5 stars, loved it. Not sure yet if it is in my top 100 or not, I need time to think. My family enjoyed it as well.

Steelyard Blues (1973)

Netflix is showing "long wait" for my top 4 movies, so I got sent the 5th movie on my list which was Steelyard Blues staring Jane Fonda, Peter Boyle (R.I.P.), Donald Sutherland & Howard Hesseman. 1.5 stars. It is a comedy with A LOT of slow parts mixed in. I did laugh out loud at some of the scenes with Boyle. The plot is simple- a bunch of losers get together to try and build an airplane so that they can fly away and leave society- leave the police, structure, humanity all together. Sutherland is the queen bee of the group and he is in love with a prostitute (Fonda). Boyle (the grandpa in everybody loves Raymond) is a self proclaimed nut who just got out of the psych ward and once worked for the circus. He has an identify crisis and dresses up as a different person in different scenes. If it wasn't for his role this would have got a turkey rating from me. Dumb. The music was cool though, it sounded like the music people made when they were on acid.

Hud (1963)

I am fairly numb about this film, because it did nothing for me in the form of entertainment. Paul Newman was good, as usual, but the rest of the cast felt very two dimensional even though two of them won Oscars for their portrayals. I would rather watch Giant before I see this one again. The dark emotions that were underlying in this film were not desirable and were even predictable. Many people believe this is the best black and white film ever but I felt it was very flat. 2 out of 5 for me. Sorry :)

The Odd Couple (1968)

Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau made over 10 movies together. They are actually buried next to each other. I like to picture them doing stand up comedy in heaven right now. Those two just gel together in a movie. This is a great comedy- 3.5 stars. I laughed through it, my wife thought it was lame. The premise is that Lemmon plays a character that is so neurotic and OCD that his wife kicks him out of the home. He attempts to take his own life, and so his friend (Mathau) feels bad for him and lets him move into his elaborate 8 room bachelor pad. Mathau regrets that decision when he soon reliazes that Lemmon is more of a picky housewife than any woman could ever be.

Get Low (2009)

Robert Duvall and Bill Murray team up in this film about a hermit who wants to through a funeral party for himself while he is still alive. His motive his to hear what everyone has to say about him. The performances were well done, and I am protesting the shaft Duvall got from the academy on this one, because he was not even nominated (this was probably his best performance). Murray was under control in this film so it was fun to watch him act.

I was disappoionted with the abrupt and unexplained ending, but everything before those final three minutes was worth my time. This was a solid 3 out of 5 for me.

Jane Eyre (1943)

This classic novel has made it to the big screen many times. This version stars Orson Wells and Joan Fontaine (not her real name). I had to iron about 20 shirts last night so I watched this on instant netflix while I did some ironing. I was bored of it but did make it through the first 50 min, then gave up. Fontaine went on to win an Oscar in another film and is still alive today actually. I thought it was interesting that there is a character that plays a big part in the first 15 min of the movie, her name is Helen. I am looking at the actress and realized it was Elizabeth Taylor. I stopped the movie and went to IMDB, and sure enough it is Elizabeth Taylor when she was 11 years old. She wasn't even credited for the movie, in fact you won't see her name in the credits at all. Weird. It was amazing how it looked like her even at 11 years old. RIP Elizabeth Taylor, now I can say I saw one of your first movies!

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

I saw this at the library and decided to watch it because I had seen it on many top 100 lists. I turned this off about half way through due to the poor acting and boring story. I felt like I was watching a silent film due to the long stares at the camera, and weak dialogue. This won the picture of the year, but will not make it on to my top 100 list.